GoffsChurchgate Academy Year 11 Parent Support Evening Thursday

Goffs-Churchgate Academy Year 11 Parent Support Evening Thursday 19 th September 2019

Year 11 Team Director SLT of learning – Mrs Renew Link – Miss Goodchild

Expectations Get to school and lessons on time Organised and ready to learn Focused and ready to work hard in every lesson Follow instructions and listen carefully Show respect to people, property and the community

Equipment Black pen Pencil Ruler Rubber Planner Scientific calculator Age appropriate reading book Appropriate sized school bag

Support with Attendance It is essential that all students are in school and on time every day

Attendance

Chance of Success at GCSE

Support during school - Form times On Monday’s year 11 will be in an assembly. On Tuesday’s year 11’s will have SMSC. On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday students have been allocated to a subject specialist during form time, where they will complete extra intervention in either English, Maths or Science. This will be looked at half termly and students may move form time depending on their needs. Some students may be asked to be Literacy or Numeracy leaders and support a year 7 or 8 form time once a week.

Support with Independent learning Students should receive at least 2 hours a day of home learning tasks. Please don’t let your child tell you that they have no home learning! Home learning can be identified on Class Charts There is a link to this site from the school website: Goffschurchgate@herts. sch. uk

How to support your child booklet Ø Each department has an entry in the booklet to explain how you can support your child at home with their studies. Ø There are contact email addresses throughout so please do contact your child’s teacher or the Heads of Departments if there any concerns – We are here to support you and your child!

Revision guides Revision guide pack including: AQA English Literature and Language revision guides (Including 6 books covering the key texts and a reading and writing guide) Maths revision guide and workbook, plus an additional Statistics revision guide and workbook for higher tier students AQA Combined Science revision guide Geography and/or History revision guides German Revision Workbook Religious Studies Revision Workbook £ 20

After school Intervention All students have a personalised afterschool intervention timetable. They are expected to attend these sessions. After school sessions run from – 3: 05 -3: 50 and 3: 504: 35.

Key Dates Autumn term: Thursday 26 th September 2019 – Open evening: School closes at 12. 15 pm Friday 27 th September 2019 – INSET day: School closed to students Tuesday 8 th October 2019 – University of Hertfordshire – GCSE Exam skills Half term – Monday 21 st October 2019 -Friday 1 st November 2019 (2 week half term). YEAR 11 INTERVENTION SESSIONS WILL BE RUNNING THROUGHTOUT THE BREAK Monday 18 th November – Friday 29 th November 2019: Year 11 Mocks (all subjects) Thursday 19 th December 2019 - Year 11 Parents Evening Christmas Holidays – Monday 23 rd December – Friday 3 rd January

Key Dates Spring term: Monday 13 th January 2020 – University of Hertfordshire – Year 11 Next Steps after year 11 Friday 24 th January 2020 – Poetry Live Half term – Monday 17 th February 2019 – Friday 21 st February 2020. YEAR 11 INTERVENTION SESSIONS WILL BE RUNNING THROUGHTOUT THE BREAK Monday 24 th February – Year 11 School Photo Thursday 27 th February – Into the Sixth Evening at Goffs Academy. Monday 2 nd March – Friday 13 th March – Year 11 Mocks (All Subjects) Thursday 2 nd April – Year 11 Parents Evening Easter Holidays - Monday 6 th April 2020 – Friday 17 th April 2020 YEAR 11 INTERVENTION SESSIONS WILL BE RUNNING THROUGHTOUT THE BREAK

Key Dates Summer term: Monday 11 th May 2019 – GCSE written exams begin Half term – Monday 25 th May 2020 – Friday 29 th May 2020 YEAR 11 INTERVENTION SESSIONS WILL BE RUNNING THROUGHTOUT THE BREAK Thursday 25 th June 2019 - Year 11 Celebration Evening

Subject specific support We have the HOD from English, Science and Maths who are here to speak to you this evening about how you can support your child in the core subjects

Core Subjects Information

Combined Science 9 -1 ØEach paper will contain a mixture of; multi-choice, short answer questions, calculations and extended open-response questions. ØEach paper will contain at least 1 extended open-response question (6 marks, the highest number of marks for one question) ØAll papers require a scientific calculator (20 -40% of maths on a paper) ØFoundation and higher tier papers available (Students must complete all assessments (B, C, P) for the qualification in the same tier (10% of questions on the Foundation paper is the same as higher). ØFoundation paper (1 -5), Higher tier paper (4 -9)

ALL Tassomai is a way to help students to revise. It students to revise makes the decisions for the student SOME & structures the revision. Login (email): firstname. surname@grid. churchgate. herts. sch. uk If you need a new password (see Miss Bird)

ALL ALL: weekly homework x 7 (5 days a week you need to be doing your daily goal) MOST: weekly homework doing the bonus question SOME: Additionally You can select individual topics to work on. Click: 1. Subjects 2. Paper 1 (Chemistry, biology or physics) 3. Units/Topic SOME Login (email): firstname. surname@grid. churchgate. herts. sch. uk If you need a new password (see Miss Bird)

ALL SOME Login (email): firstname. surname@grid. churchgate. herts. sch. uk If you need a new password (see Miss Bird)

Login (email): firstname. surname@grid. churchgate. herts. sch. uk If you need a new password (see Miss Bird)

There is a lot of content to cover in science – this will help recap and cover everything in the curriculum that they could be tested on in the exams in May. It also selects the weakest topics for the individual. Login (email): firstname. surname@grid. churchgate. herts. sch. uk If you need a new password (see Miss Bird)

Login (email): firstname. surname@grid. churchgate. herts. sch. uk If you need a new password (see Miss Bird)

Ensuring your child thrives at home with their maths…

What is Hegarty. Maths? Hegarty. Maths is an excellent resource for your child to learn maths on their own at home.

What is Hegarty. Maths? Every topic in school maths (850+) is explained in 10 minute video tutorials designed and delivered by, Mr Colin Hegarty. Mr Hegarty is an-award winning teacher who won UK Teacher of the Year 2014 and was nominated in the top 10 teachers in the 2016 Global Teacher Prize. Your child does not have to feel stuck at home as Mr Hegarty can explain any topic to them.

What is Hegarty. Maths? After every video, Hegarty. Maths, has an assessment with questions covering everything taught in the video so students can practise and ensure they understand the maths Mr Hegarty just presented.

What is Hegarty. Maths? Hegarty. Maths records everything your child ever does on the system (their progress and effort), reporting it back to the teacher and to the child so it’s clear what their strengths and weaknesses are and how hard they are working.

What is Hegarty. Maths? Hegarty. Maths allows a parent to see everything their child needs to learn and support them. Often parents who may be unsure of the schools methods like to watch the videos along with their child and understand the techniques their child needs to know.

What is Hegarty. Maths? Hegarty. Maths, remembers all the child’s mistakes and gives them practice on their weaknesses so they can do impactful independent learning.

What happens when students use Hegartymaths properly? 1)Students start enjoying understand more in lessons. maths and 2)Students like doing their homework as they feel successful. 3)Students do well in their exams.

8 things parents could do at home to help their child…

8 things parents could do at home to help their child…

Literature The texts we study: Paper 1 Macbeth A Christmas Carol Paper 2 An Inspector Calls Power and Conflict Poetry Anthology What your child needs to know about: • Character arc • Quotes • Language/Structure Analysis • Author messages and theme

What should I know about each character? Language Analysis Character Arc • Early in the text • During main events • Towards the end. Can I explode the language of the quote? • Key words • Techniques Quotes Do I know 3 -5 quotes for each part of their arc? Author’s Messages • What themes does the quote link to? • What is the author trying to tell us about society?

The Revision Checklist of Everything Literature

Macbeth Crib Sheet

Lady Macbeth Quote 1: Quote 2: Quote 3: Mind Map Quote 4: At the end After KD’s death MACBETH At the beginning Before KD’s death Core messages:

Macbeth Cornell Method

Where can I find this information? In exercise books GCSE Pod BBC Bitesize Sparknotes Revision Guides

Language The Exams: Paper 1: Fiction Reading Writing Paper 2: Non Fiction Reading Writing • Can I revise for English? …Sort of • Can I practice English? …Definitely

What can I revise? Key Terms: Structure • Narrative zoom/focus/shift • Narrative perspective • Foreshadowing • Flashback (analepsis) • Flash forward (prolepsis) • Mood/atmosphere • Suspense • Mystery STRUCTURAL • Pace FOCUS • Tension • Characterisation • Tone • Description • Climax • Setting • Dialogue • Thoughts LANGUAGE • Simile • Metaphor • Personification • Comparatives • Figurative language • Alliteration • Juxtaposition • Hyperbole • Emotive language • Anecdotes • Semantic field • Irony • Imperatives WORD • Imagery CLASSES • Repetition • Adjective • Sarcasm • Verb • Triplet • Adverb • Noun • Interrogatives

What can I practice? There are four sections in the exams: Paper 1 Section A: Responding to creative fiction Paper 1 Section B: Writing creative fiction Paper 2 Section A: Responding to non-fiction Paper 2 Section B: Writing non fiction Where can I find tasks to practice? Students have been given an independent learning pack with questions, and there are practice questions in the Snap revision guides. Practice 1: • Write one piece a week (either fiction or non fiction). Practice 2: • Response to questions for one paper a week

Online revision This is an online resource which provides a series of pod casts which your child can listen to help them to revise for a whole range of subjects.

What’s included? Independent learning and revision materials: • 21 GCSE subjects. • Exam board specific. • Available on computer, phone or tablet. • Apps available for Android and Apple.

What’s included? Independent learning and revision materials: • Each topic contains a playlist of 35 minute videos called “Pods. ” • Pods contain all key words, facts, quotes and labelled diagrams for full understanding. • Can be watched online or downloaded for offline viewing (like BBC i. Player). • Students can organise Pods into playlists and favourite Pods to return to (like You. Tube or Spotify).

How to support your child with revision

What will we do? We have invested in these online revision programmes to support your child at school and at home with revision. We will provide students with a personalised intervention programme. This will be handed out tonight. We will provide students with revision technique workshops. We will give students techniques to help to cope with stress, from Relax Kids and Herts Mind.

What will we do? Each student, for core subjects will be given an exam folder that contains a range of past papers. These folders must remain within school. However, students can use these during lesson times where possible to practise exam questions.

How to support your child with revision Ø Ø Ø Ø Encourage them to spend the time using these on line revision systems. Create a realistic programme of revision. Talk to them about how they are coping with exam stress. Ensure they are eating and drinking. Ensure that they are getting enough sleep. Remind them that they can do this! Revise with them!

Retrieval Practice bringing information from memory for better results. “Retrieval Practice” is a learning strategy where we focus on getting information OUT. Through the act of retrieval, or calling information to mind, our memory for that information is strengthened and forgetting is less likely to occur.

Retrieval Practice bringing information from memory for better results. At-home activities using Retrieval Practice • • • Watch a video or read some text with your child. Ask your child to write key words on a flash card. Watch the video again – your child should summarise their knowledge of each key word on the back of each flash card. Allow your child time to flesh out their cards with as much information as they can remember. Test your child by asking them to define the flash card words without looking. len a v Co nd t bo

Spaced Practice Revise, rest, repeat……. space out revision for better results It has been proven that by reviewing at regular intervals, you can reduce how much you forget to just 10%.

Spaced Practice Revise, rest, repeat……. space out revision for better results Reviewing 4 times within a month can help you remember nearly 100% Immediately After Class 4 Hours Later Mind Mapping Review Maps Encourage your child to write down all the key words they can remember. Then, from memory, ask them to fill in as much information as they remember on a mind map. Cover your child’s mind map and see how much they remember. Highlight the information they couldn’t remember and recommend revising the topic again.

Spaced Practice Revise, rest, repeat……. space out revision for better results Reviewing 4 times within a month can help you remember nearly 100% 1 Week Later 1 Month Later Memory Cards Past Papers Encourage your child to create their own questions with the answers on the reverse. Then, test their knowledge. Or give your child the answers and ask them to devise possible exam style questions. Encourage your child to complete a revision task for 20 minutes and then practice past papers.

Dual Coding Combine both words and visuals for quicker and stronger recall

Dual Coding Just reading text alone improves our memory by 10% in 3 days but looking at the picture we are likely to remember 65%. Watch a revision video together, then using the images from the video suggest your child draws a poster combining the images with keywords and definitions. Copying the labelled diagrams in the videos helps the knowledge to stick!

Interleaving Interleave revision to remember more Interleaved practice is a learning technique that involves switching between topics and ideas and has been shown to improve longterm learning relative to blocked study of the same idea or topic.

Interleaving Interleave revision to remember more Ask your child to create a learning/revision timetable using the interleaved practice example below. They should choose topics that are similar and related either from the same subject or a different one. Less Effective Blocked Practice Highly Effective Interleaved Practice

Emotional Wellbeing Ø Year 11 is a stressful year and our dedicated Student Support Team are here to help. Ø Within the how to support your child booklet we have also signposted online sites which you may find useful. Ø Students have had an assembly from the Samaritans. Ø Students will have a workshop with Herts. Mind

Next steps: careers

Next steps: careers

Next steps: careers

Next steps: careers

Next steps: careers

We are here to help! Please contact us if you have any concerns, queries or problems The most successful students have a clear partnership between school and home. There are 30 school weeks left until the exams begin!